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A bike demo, hill sprints, and oh my aching legs

May 6, 2013 – 11:22 am

Whatever doesn’t kill me only makes me cry “Uncle!”: I overdid things with an extended demo on Specialized’s latest Roubaix bike and then hill sprints on a fixed gear bike. I’m in some real pain today. Ow.

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Free bikes, Earth Day, and more

April 22, 2013 – 11:26 am

Happy Earth Day, you bike riding hippies. Did you know today is also the birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (pictured to the left with a bicycle)? He was an enthusiastic cyclist and photographer, combining both of these hobbies while traveling before beginning his second career as architect of the Red Terror. More bicycle news Free read more »

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Turn your bike horizontal to trigger the green light

April 2, 2013 – 8:00 am

Nobody who drives a car ever has to think about the various technologies used to trigger traffic signals. You just drive up to the intersection, and within at most 120 seconds (but probably less) you’ll have a green light. Anybody who rides a motorcycle or bicycle on the road has encountered “defective” traffic lights — read more »

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Voters, cyclists, Devil’s Slide, and more

March 28, 2013 – 11:38 am

I hope you’re having a wonderful Thursday. Busy day at the office so I’ll blast these tidbits out and hope somebody can find something useful from them.

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Sonoma County backs anti-harassment rule

March 12, 2013 – 4:22 pm

An anti-harassment rule strongly promoted over the past six months by the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) has received unanimous approval from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors earlier today, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

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Amending Arizona’s 3 Foot Passing Law

March 4, 2013 – 11:47 am

Arizona’s safe passing law — ARS 28-735 — has the usual text that a motorist “shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet until the motor vehicle is safely past the overtaken bicycle.” ARS 28-735 infamously contains a get out of read more »

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